153.H07.HE2  To the Covntesse of Bedford./ [f.110]
153.H07.HE3  Madam
153.H07.001  I have learnt by those Lawes in w%5ch%6 I am%A a%A /little conversant.
153.H07.002  That he w%5c%6h bestowes any /cost vpon the Dead obliges him
153.H07.003  w%5c%6h is dead but not the Heire; I doe not therefore /send this
153.H07.004  Paper to yo%5r%6 La.%5pp%6 that yo%5u%6 should /thanke mee for yt, or
153.H07.005  thinke that I thanke /you >in yt. yo%5r%6 favo%5r%6 & benefits to mee
153.H07.006  are soe /much aboue my merrits, that they are even /above my 
153.H07.007  Gratitude if that were to bee /Judged by words w%5ch%6 must expresse
153.H07.008  yt. But /Madam since yo%5r%6 noble Brothers fortune /beinge yo%5rs%6
153.H07.009  the Evydence%As 
153.H07.010  co%Ancerninge that /belonges alsoe to yo%5u%6, of w%5ch%6%A by 
153.H07.011  yo%5r%6 Acceptance%A /this may be one peece; In w%5ch%6 quality /I humbly
153.H07.012  p%5r%6sent yt, And as a Testemony /how entirely yo%5r%6 family
153.H07.013  possesseth
153.H07.014  Yo%5r%6 La%5pps%6 most humble
153.H07.015  & thankfull servannt
153.H07.016  I. D.
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